12+ hour, 32+ min ago   (266+ words) Newser Nearly Half of Farmers Globally Suffer Pesticide Poisoning Nearly half the people who grow the world's food are getting sick from the chemicals used to protect it, according to new research flagged by the Guardian. A study published in…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (257+ words) Suzanne Noble isn't whispering about senior sex; she's podcasting about it—and doing so to an audience that's getting younger. Writing at the Washington Post... Sex and the Seniors: Older Adults Turn to Social Media Suzanne Noble isn't whispering about…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (502+ words) Out of their darkest moment, a Greek couple managed to make a new start with a baby born this week. Doing so meant using one of her decades-old embryos and racing to beat a government... Embryo Sat for 22 Years. Then…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (280+ words) This summer brought more than intense waves of heat: The CDC is flagging a nationwide jump in rabies cases in animals, with a corresponding rise in people potentially exposed.... CDC Reports Summer Surge in Rabies Cases This summer brought more…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1083+ words) Kathryn Pilgrim knew the century-old Victorian she bought in Dunkirk, New York, came with old plumbing. She replaced pipes she suspected of containing lead and later installed a kitchen filter designed to remove heavy metals. But six years after buying…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (191+ words) Newser Brain Surgery Helped, Joel Says Billy Joel says his first response was a "no" when doctors told him they wanted to drill into his skull so they could place a shunt in his brain. But he reconsidered. "You know,…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (258+ words) Federal health officials are close to calling time on what they say is the largest cyclospora outbreak ever tied to a single food: shredded iceberg lettuce. The Centers for Disease... CDC Nears Calling End to Lettuce-Borne Outbreak Federal health officials…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (256+ words) Newser Very Hot Drinks May Triple Risk of This Cancer Your morning mug might be doing more than waking you up. A massive study of nearly a million people in the UK suggests that routinely drinking very hot beverages can…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (252+ words) Newser Even Relatives Didn't Know of Dolly's Cancer Dolly Parton's sister says even within the tight-knit Parton clan, word of the country icon's cancer stayed closely guarded. In a new CBS Mornings interview with Gayle King, Stella Parton, 77, said only…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (293+ words) An ancient toothache may have given researchers their earliest look yet at habitual drug use among humans. Archaeologists studying two sets of human teeth from caves on Indonesia's... It's Oldest Evidence of Habitual Drug Use—and the Damage An ancient…...